They put an honest rubby purist like myself off attending games
I’m finished with them
Ballyconneely’s own Mack Hansen with a MOTM showing
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Anything less than a World cup win is a failure. And I’m not even messing
They will never ever have a better chance. Every rugby nation worth a scutter are in turmoil.
Nigeria probably win it
Lovely way for Earlsy to sign off if that’s it
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He’d only be the second most famous person from Ballyconneely behind Bally Conneely’s, Billy Connolly.
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Not many got the kind of send off he did but it was well deserved for a guy who has been in professional sport for nearly two decades. One of the good guys.
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Same with Earlsie yesterday sure they barely acknowledged his coming on 
Must have been tough for Faz yesterday to hear the Irish support doing this to his own flesh and blood
Looks like Dan Sheehan injury more serious than it looked and he will miss the group stages
I’d have Herring ahead of Kelleher anyways. The latter is very Sean Cronin like in terms of being a liability at the set piece.
Eddie Jones is some boyo.
Here’s hoping they knock the absolute bollix out of each other
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England team to face Fiji: Steward; Malins, Lawrence, Tuilagi, May; Ford, Mitchell; Genge, Dan, Cole, Itoje, Chessum, Lawes (c), Willis, Earl.
Replacements: Walker, Marler, Stuart, Ribbans, Ludlam, Care, Smith, Marchant
Ireland (v Samoa):
(Province/Club/Caps)
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Jimmy O’Brien (Leinster/Naas)(6)
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Mack Hansen (Connacht/Corinthians)(15)
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Robbie Henshaw (Leinster/Buccaneers)(64)
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Stuart McCloskey (Ulster/Bangor)(13)
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Keith Earls (Munster/Young Munster)(100)
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Jack Crowley (Munster/Cork Constitution)(5)
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Conor Murray (Munster/Garryowen)(106)
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Cian Healy (Leinster/Clontarf)(124)
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Tom Stewart (Ulster/Ballynahinch)(1)
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Finlay Bealham (Connacht/Buccaneers)(31)
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Iain Henderson (Ulster/Academy)(captain)(73)
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Tadhg Beirne (Munster/Lansdowne)(40)
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Ryan Baird (Leinster/Dublin University)(12)
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Josh van der Flier (Leinster/UCD)(51)
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Caelan Doris (Leinster/St Mary’s College)(30)
Replacements:
- Rob Herring (Ulster/Ballynahinch)(36)
- Jeremy Loughman (Munster/Garryowen)(2)
- Tom O’Toole (Ulster/Ballynahinch)(10)
- James Ryan (Leinster/UCD)(54)
- Peter O’Mahony (Munster/Cork Constitution)(95)
- Craig Casey (Munster/Shannon)(11)
- Ross Byrne (Leinster/UCD)(20)
- Garry Ringrose (Leinster/UCD)(51)
Thought surely Sexton would be allowed play that one.
Interesting they play mcloskey.
Its pronounced sam o a not sa mo a mate